Best 42 quotes in «punctuality quotes» category

Punctuality is closely related to faithfulness and dependability. Being tardy can be linked to uninterest, apathy, slothfulness and procrastination.

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation.

Punctuality is a virtue, If you don't mind being lonely.

Punctuality comes high on my list of unforgivable sins.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Punctuality is the sole of business.

Punctuality is the thief of adventure.

Roughly speaking, the more one pays for food, the more sweat and spittle one is obliged to eat with it.... Dirtiness is inherent in hotels and restaurants, because sound food is sacrificed to punctuality and smartness.

The superior thing ... was to be late. Lateness showed that serene contempt for the illusion we call time which is so necessary to ensure the respect of others and oneself. Only the servile are punctual.

The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

Beginning of a great day begins a night before.

Being early meant being on time. Being on time meant being late. But being late was unacceptable.

Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character.

As expected, Nevada’s summer heat was oppressive; temperatures under the desert sun bubbled around the 130-degree mark, which made it even harder for Monroe and almost everyone except [Clark] Gable to put in a full day’s work. Though he had a chauffeured limousine at his disposal, he drove himself back and forth to work in his silver Mercedes-Benz SC. He always arrived punctually at eight-forty-five A.M., bringing along gallon Thermoses of booze-spiked lemonade and iced tea to fortify himself. For the better part of the morning, he would sit around studying that day’s script pages or gabbing with the crew while waiting for the other principals to arrive. Though the delays were driving him mad, he tried not to show it. But one day while his writer-friend John Lee Mahin was visiting from Los Angeles, Gable told him, “It’s not professional, John, it’s stealing. It’s stealing the bank’s money and United Artists’ money. I don’t see how they’re going to get a picture out of this, but I’m stuck with it now, and I’m trying to do the best I can. It’s been hard on me.

I am always late on principle, my principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

If you're early, you're on time. If you're on time, you're late.

If you have been told that you are late and unreliable more than once, then not only do you lack punctuality, but you also lack decency and seriousness, which is certainly very annoying.

Destiny's train is never late.

Most leave to be on time, thus always late.

It is better for a flower to bloom late than to wither early.

Never leave to be on time to be on time.

ON MY WAY, I was learning, was the product of Barack's eternal optimism, an indication of his eagerness to be home that did nothing to signify when he would actually arrive. ALMOST HOME was not a geo-locator but rather a state of mind.

Power of punctuality- Even the tiny drops can slice down the gigantic mountain.

-Oamenii care intarzie de obicei nu inteleg niciodata nenumaratele moduri in care dau peste cap programul celor punctuali si normali, ii spuse Penn in timp ce tranversau o portiune mai alunecoasa a peluzei.

Punctuality is not just limited to arriving at a place at right time, it is also about taking actions at right time.

I think the only way to properly face doom is to be on time.

The early bird is wiser than the early worm.

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.

Self discipline, punctuality and time management are very important - for life is short, and every resource you have must be well utilized so that you find enlightenment and liberation - your ultimate goal.

That man who is regular and punctual will get sure success in all walks of life.

The early lion gets the best game.

The person you are mad at for being late could be dead.

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

The superior thing, in this as in other departments of life, was to be late. Lateness showed that serene contempt for the illusion we call time which is so necessary to ensure the respect of others and oneself. Only the servile are punctual...

When the evening comes, prepare yourself for the morrow ~Donald Pillai

As for consulting a dentist regularly, my punctuality practically amounted to a fetish. Every twelve years I would drop whatever I was doing and allow wild Caucasian ponies to drag me to a reputable orthodontist.

It is difficult to prove yourself reliable when people are required to wait for you.

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?

Perhaps punctuality is a quality made even more valuable because it is found in so few people. Punctuality is not usually thought of in our day as a major virtue.